Art: Blog items
Nursery - Why Did Your Snowman Melt?
Date: 12th Jan 2023 @ 4:57pm
Nursery have been talking about winter and what it looks and feels like. We thought about the different types of weather you can get during the winter and of course we started talking about snow. We talked about it being really cold when it snows and when it starts to get warmer the snow will melt. This led us on nicely to an activity where the children created a melted snowman using shaving foam and PVA glue. They then had to think carefully about why their snowman melted. Here are some of the children's ideas; My snowman melted becasue "of the sun" "he had a warm bath" "i put him near the fire". Why did your snowman melt?
Date: 10th Jan 2023 @ 6:28pm
This week we have begun our art journey 'Flora and Fauna.'
We have looked at artists who use drawing as a way to capture the way plants and insects look, and artists who use their imagination to create their own versions of flora and fauna.
We have spent time engaging in observational drawing to build our drawing skils, alongside experimenting with new materials. We have also practised our cutting and collage skills to explore shape and colour to build images.
Finally we used these skills to create our own individual mini beast collages.
Reception - Here Comes Jack Frost
Date: 9th Jan 2023 @ 9:28pm
The story, 'Here Comes Jack Frost' is full of Wintery magic! One cold morning, a lonely boy wishes for something to do. Then someone comes to play that knows what Winter is all about! The striking colours and simple illustrations were copied byt the children in Reception. They created their own picture from the story, using white paint, drizzled with PVA glue and then a sprinkling of glitter.
"The frost was everywhere because it is very cold" Alfie.
"They went sledging on the ice" Dolly- Anne.
"Jack Frost turned everything white- the frost is white" Clio.
"The frost went when the weather got warmer and a flower grew- it melted because it is warm" Halleigh.
Date: 9th Jan 2023 @ 9:02pm
The children in Reception have been learning about the season Winter. They have been observing changes in the weather, discussing the type of clothes they wear and learning about animals that hibernate during this time of year. We then painted a Winter tree.
They also painted a Winter tree and talked about how trees look different in Winter.
"It is cold in Winter...it might snow or be frosty" William.
"The trees are bare because the leaves have all died and there are none left on the branches" Lennox.
"It is cold that is why we wear a hat, scarf, gloves and boots- to keep warm".Harper.
"Bears and hedgehogs hibernate in Winter- they go to sleep for a long time" Sheera.
Date: 15th Dec 2022 @ 7:30pm
Today, Christmas arrived and we made some Christmas Snowflakes. Once we had glued our sticks together and painting them white, we used our weaving skills learnt through our previous Art journey to wrap white or blue wool around our sticks to create our snowflake. We finished our snowflakes with glitter and sequins.
Date: 15th Dec 2022 @ 8:06am
In Reception we have been learning about special times. We have celebrated Diwali by learning lots about Hindu and Sikh traditions, including how they prepare their homes and where they go to pray. We also made and painted diya lamps, created rangoli patterns, took part in some traditional dancing and tried on some of the traditional clothing and jewellery.
In Year 1 we have been answering the key question, ‘why is Jesus special to Christians?’ We have learnt how new life is celebrated, why we should give babies love and care and why we should help others who cannot help themselves. We have also completed lots of work around the nativity story. We have sequenced and retold the story, talked about the important roles of the characters and the important message. We also went on a trip to St Marks church where we impressed Reverend Mathew with all our knowledge about Christianity so far.
Year 2 have been exploring the key question ‘why do Christians say that Jesus is the light of the world?' After discussing the Christian story and exploring different lights we began exploring Christingle. We learnt that Christingles are a symbol of advent and were taught what each part of a christingle symbolism is.
Year 3 have been looking at Islam and the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). We have looked at what a good role model is and why Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is important to Muslims. We read a range of stories surrounding the prophet and focussed on which characteristics he demonstrated and how this made him a role model. As a class we looked at the third pillar of Islam Zakat, and considered how we could be charitable in our own lives.
In Year 4, we have been learning about Hinduism and how Hindus live their lives. We learnt all about the story of Rama and Sita and how this story can help Hindus live a good life in today’s society. Through the story, we learnt that displaying positive characteristics in life will always put you on the right track.
Year 5 have been learning about where Muslims find guidance and why the Qur'an is an important part of their lives. We then looked at where we find guidance and what or who supports us.
Year 6 has been learning about Hinduism. We have explored the 4 Ashramas (stages of a Hindu's life), reincarnation and the Sacred Thread ceremony. The children have been reflecting on their own lives and have planned their own ceremony for when they leave primary school.
Date: 14th Dec 2022 @ 1:19pm
Today we were inspired by the story The Little Snowflake and created our own snowflakes. We used water colours, oil pastels and glitter to bring them to life.
Date: 13th Dec 2022 @ 6:59pm
Today we completed some RE art to show an important event in the story – when the three wise men travelled to see baby Jesus. We created silhouettes of the three wise men on their journey and used collage to create a colourful design for the wise men’s clothing. We ripped, scrunched, cut and twisted crepe paper to create our design. Some of us also created and used patterns within our design.
Date: 8th Dec 2022 @ 2:35pm
Today, in Maths, we practiced making 2D shapes using paper art straws for their sides and playdough for the shapes vertices. Whilst making each shape we had to think about the correct number of sides and vertices each shape had and correctly label them once we had made them. Tomorrow we will use our knowledge to draw them using geoboards.
Year 2 Stick Transformation Project
Date: 2nd Dec 2022 @ 4:37pm
Today, in Art Year 2 continued our Stick transformation project. Inspired by Chris Kenney and our knowledge of soldiers we began sculpting sticks into our very own soldiers. Next week, we will design our soldiers some clothes and dress them appropriately for battle. We had to demonstrate many of the characteristics including perseverance and determination and some of us even showed excellent patience and teamwork.
Date: 30th Nov 2022 @ 11:00am
We have been reading the story "Whatever Next!" By Jill Murphy. In the story a little bear makes a rocket out of a cardboard box and flies to the moon! We have had some super spaced themed activities including making space ships out of shapes and throwing the right number of space rocks in to a box. A favourite was making a giant planet by splatttering paint - great for working those big muscles. The chiildren also did some great mark making describing their trip to the moon.
Date: 30th Nov 2022 @ 10:42am
In Nursery we have been exploring space and we thought it would be great if we could make our own planets! We put some shaving foam on a plate and then added some paint. We swirled the paint around using a stick and them gently pressed a circle on to the mixture. Then we lifted the circle up and hey presto - we had made a planet!
Year 3- Dancing with charcoal!
Date: 29th Nov 2022 @ 1:05pm
In Art, Year Three have been exploring how to draw with charcoal. We were inspired this week by the artist Heather Hansen who mixes art with dance! We noticed that with gestural drawing we use long sweeping movements and the use of our whole body to create our masterpieces!
Nursery - Aliens Love Dinopants!
Date: 24th Nov 2022 @ 11:28am
It's been pants crazy in nursery this week! We have been reading the story "Aliens Love Dinopants" all about aliens and dinosaurs who share a love of underpants! The children have been busy designing their own underpants and creating their own aliens. They really enjoyed blowing paint with a straw and adding eyes to make an alien! They have been counitng aliens, matching pants with the same pattern and feeding aliens at the funky fingers table! One day we even discovered some alien eggs. We waited patiently until they were ready and then we help the baby aliens hatch from the eggs!
Date: 16th Nov 2022 @ 10:49am
Nursery have been exloring Autumn this week. We have talked about all the signs that it is Autumn including colourful leaves, conkers and acorns on the ground and the weather getting a bit cooler. The children have loved looking at Autumn objects with a maginifying glass and talking about what they could see. We also made some great leaf people - everyone looked different! To help us develop our subitising skills, we picked a card with 1,2, or 3 dots on and then had to add the same number of leaves to a tree and for our fine motor muscles the chilren put loom bands on pinecones and used tweezers to move conkers in to a bowl.
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 2:57pm
Today we explored using charcoal. First, we had a explored making different textures of marks and using our hands too. Then we set up some scenes and had a go at drawing them. We added words to our art to start to 'tell a story'. The children did a great job!
Date: 14th Nov 2022 @ 10:09pm
Reception have been busy learning about Remembrance Day and why we wear a poppy.
They collaged poppies, painted poppies and created poppies using loose parts. On Friday 11th November we joined the whole school and planted a poppy in The Boundary Remembrance Garden, followed by a Remembrance Service, led by Year 6.
"Poppies are red" Dolly- Anne
"...it's to remember the soldiers" Dillan.
"We wear a poppy to remember the soldiers who died in the war" Harper,
Date: 14th Nov 2022 @ 9:55pm
On Friday 11th November, Boundary Primary took part in a whole school act of Remembrance.
It began with all the children, from Nursery to Year 6, planting the poppies they had made in our Remembrance Garden.
Then, at 11am, the school came together for an outdoor assembly. We all observed a two minutes silence and listened to important information and historical facts about the significance of the poppies we were wearing.
During the week, each class took part in painting, drawing or sketching a poppy and each year group was also given a silhouette of a soldier which they were asked to decorate around the theme of Remembrance. This activity focussed all our minds on who we were remembering and why it is important to remember them. The completed soldiers were then displayed around the school hall and will remain there – helping us to think about those who gave their lives during war and those who continue to serve to keep us and our country safe.
Date: 9th Nov 2022 @ 10:15pm
Nursery have been talking about Remembrance Day and why we wear poppies and then painted their own poppies. The children did a super job of painting a circle for the petals and lines for the stalk - they even made a small black dot in the middle. They selected the correct colours and the finished paintings were brilliant.
Date: 9th Nov 2022 @ 9:55pm
There's been alot of pop, whizz, bang, whoosh and crackle in nursery this week as we have been celebrating Bonfire Night. The children enjoyed sharing their experiences of Bonfire Night and were able to recall the fireworks they saw. They described the fireworks using words like "big", "loud" and "bright". It was lovely to hear them talking about their experiences and making links between what they had seen and what their freinds had seen.
Year 6 Remembrance Day preparation
Date: 8th Nov 2022 @ 9:03pm
In Preparation for Remembrance Day on Friday, we have spent time this week making our poppies for our Remembrance Garden. We have also completed our piece of art work that links with the art we do in Yer 6. We have created large scale poppies and used a range of pictures to build up light and dark areas on the poppy.
Date: 7th Nov 2022 @ 9:03pm
Remember, remember the 5th November...Reception have been talking about Bonfire Night, fireworks and keeping safe on this exciting time of year!
We made firework pictures using loose parts, collaged rocket fireworks and created a finger painting bonfire picture. How to keep safe was discussed by the children and reinforced by roleplaying outside.
"An adult must light a firework" Harper
"Stand back- don't go near a firework you could get burned". Lennox
"Don't touch sparklers - they burn" Halleigh
Date: 6th Nov 2022 @ 11:08am
In the lead up to Remembrance Day on 11th November, Year Two have been creating poppies in Art. We glued two sticks together to create the cross and used our weaving skills to weave red wool through a template. This created a cross on the front and a square on the back, when we removed the cardboard template it created the shape of the poppy. It took a lot of perseverance to ensure we followed the number sequence correctly but everyone did very well!
Date: 3rd Nov 2022 @ 1:54pm
Today we have studied poppies and use our observational drawing skills to draw poppies, shading them with pencil crayons carefully. The aim is that we make a repeating pattern that can be used as part of our Remembrance display Soldier. We have taken great care and concentrated, whilst listening to music that would typically be played and performed at the cenotaph, including Abide with me and Elgar's Nimrod played by the orchestra. This allowed us to reflect on the soldiers who have fought or died for our country.
Date: 2nd Nov 2022 @ 11:37am
Enter Nursery if you dare this week! There have been some very spooky goings on as we celebrated Halloween. We read the story "What's in the Witch's Kitchen" and turned our homecorner in to a witches kitchen - eye ball soup anyone? The children developed their fine motor skills by hammering witches fingers in the a pumpkin and practised counting by sticking legs on to a spider. It's been a very creepy week!
